2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	11–30 October
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
Attendance	185,781 (5,806 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Linda Caicedo Loreen Bender Momoko Tanikawa (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Vicky López
Best goalkeeper	Sofía Fuente
Fair play award	Japan

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be the seventh edition of the youth tournament for women under the age of 17. It was held in India from 11 to 30 October.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the hosts, 15 teams qualify from six continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
AFC (Asia) (Hosts + 2 teams)	Host nation	India	1st	None	Debut
	Teams were nominated by AFC based on results of 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship (qualification cancelled)[1][2][3]	China[^]	3rd	2014	Group stage (2012, 2014)
		Japan	7th	2018	Champions (2014)
CAF (Africa) (3 teams)	2022 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Morocco	1st	None	Debut
		Nigeria	6th	2016	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012, 2014)
		Tanzania	1st	None	Debut
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (3 teams)	2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	Canada	7th	2018	Fourth place (2018)
		Mexico	6th	2018	Runners-up (2018)
		United States	5th	2018	Runners-up (2008)
CONMEBOL (South America) (3 teams)	2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship	Brazil	6th	2018	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
		Chile	2nd	2010	Group stage (2010)
		Colombia	5th	2018	Group stage (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018)
OFC (Oceania) (1 team)	Team was nominated by OFC (qualification cancelled)[4]	New Zealand	7th	2018	Third place (2018)
UEFA (Europe) (3 teams)	2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship	France	3rd	2012	Champions (2012)
		Germany	7th	2018	Third place (2008)
		Spain	5th	2018	Champions (2018)

Notes

1. ^ On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that China PR would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup due to the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association.^[3]

Venues

On 13 April 2022, FIFA confirmed 3 host cities in 3 Indian states:^[5]

1. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2. Margao, Goa
3. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

Bhubaneswar Margao Navi Mumbai	Bhubaneswar	Margao	Navi Mumbai
	Kalinga Stadium	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	DY Patil Stadium
	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 19,000	Capacity: 55,000

Draw

The official draw took place on 24 June 2022, 12:00 local time CEST (UTC+2) at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.^[6] The teams were allocated based on their performances in the 5 previous U-17 Women's World Cups, five bonus points are added to each of the confederation's current champions that won the respective qualifying tournament (for this cycle). The original hosts India were automatically assigned to position A1. Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India ^H  Japan  Spain  Germany	Mexico  Canada  Brazil  New Zealand	United States  Nigeria  France  China	Colombia  Chile  Morocco  Tanzania

Squads

See the main article: 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 24 June 2022.^[8]

Tiebreakers

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. The format for tiebreakers are determined as follows:^[9]

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. fair play points in all group matches:
   • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
   • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
   • direct red card: minus 4 points;
   • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
8. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7	Knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	India (H)	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

16:30

Morocco	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Jhonson  5'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,243

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

20:00

India	0–8	United States
	Report	Rebimbas  9', 31' Kohler  15' Gamero  23' Thompson  39' Emri  51' Suarez  59' (pen.) Bhuta  62'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

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14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)

16:30

Brazil	1–1	United States
Carol  37'	Report	Kiorpes  33'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,639

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)

20:00

India	0–3	Morocco
	Report	El-Madani  51' (pen.) Zouhir  62' Cherif  90+1'

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 8,749

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

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17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)

20:00

Brazil	5–0	India
Gabi Berchon  11' Aline  40', 51' Lara  86', 90+3'	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 8,765

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)

20:00

United States	4–0	Morocco
Kohler  24', 73' Smith  68', 81'	Report

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 3,578

Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

16:30

Chile	3–1	New Zealand
Á. Figueroa  12' Rovner  22' (pen.) Cifuentes  64'	Report	Clegg  52'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 4,064

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

11 October 2022 (2022-10-11)

20:00

Germany	2–1	Nigeria
Stoldt  49' Alber  61'	Report	Usani  30'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 6,524

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

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14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)

16:30

New Zealand	0–4	Nigeria
	Report	Bello  16' Usani  34' Afolabi  75' Etim  90+5'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 2,191

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)

20:00

Germany	6–0	Chile
Veit  20' Şehitler  24' Alber  40' Steiner  58' (pen.) Bender  60' Portella  90+5'	Report

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 4,417

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

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17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)

16:30

New Zealand	1–3	Germany
Clegg  10'	Report	Bender  5', 54' Şehitler  60' (pen.)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 1,945

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)

16:30

Nigeria	2–1	Chile
Emmanuel  4' Mosaku  82'	Report	Rovner  90+1' (pen.)

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,261

Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	China	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

16:30

Mexico	1–2	China
Guijarro  90+3'	Report	Qiao Ruiqi  49' (pen.) Yu Xingyue  90'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 8,086

Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

20:00

Spain	1–0	Colombia
Amezaga  85'	Report

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 2,923

Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

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15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

16:30

China	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Caicedo  9', 23'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 10,417

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

20:00

Spain	1–2	Mexico
Pujols  74'	Report	M. Flores  47' Saldivar  85'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 5,350

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)

16:30

China	0–1	Spain
	Report	Artero  61'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 8,230

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)

16:30

Colombia	2–1	Mexico
Ortegón  41' Caicedo  74'	Report	Caicedo  81' (o.g.)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 4,920

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Tanzania	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
3	Canada	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

16:30

Canada	1–1	France
Chukwu  67'	Report	Calba  73'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 3,499

Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

20:00

Japan	4–0	Tanzania
Shiragaki  33' Itamura  67' Tsujisawa  75' Tanikawa  81'	Report

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 3,566

Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

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15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

16:30

France	1–2	Tanzania
Calba  77' (pen.)	Report	Mnally  17' Bahera  60' (pen.)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 2,625

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

20:00

Japan	4–0	Canada
Kubota  9' Shiragaki  37' Tanikawa  52' Takaoka  90+2'	Report

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 5,492

Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)

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18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)

20:00

France	0–2	Japan
	Report	Tanikawa  29' Kusunoki  90+1'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 6,734

Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)

20:00

Tanzania	1–1	Canada
Mapunda  35'	Report	Allen  14' (pen.)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 3,728

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).^[9]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 October – Navi Mumbai
	United States	1 (3)
					26 October – Margao
	Nigeria (p)	1 (4)
					Nigeria	0 (5)
	22 October – Margao
					Colombia (p)	0 (6)
	Colombia	3
									30 October – Navi Mumbai
	Tanzania	0
									Colombia	0
	21 October – Navi Mumbai
									Spain	1
	Germany	2
					26 October – Margao
	Brazil	0
					Germany	0
	22 October – Margao
					Spain	1			Third place
	Japan	1
									30 October – Navi Mumbai
	Spain	2
									Nigeria (p)	3 (3)
									Germany	3 (2)

Quarter-finals

21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

18:20

United States	1–1	Nigeria
Villareal  40'	Report	Edafe  27' (pen.)
Penalties
Adames Emri Suarez Bhuta Jackson	3–4	Etim Offiong Usani Folorunsho Edafe

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 6,619

Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

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21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

21:00

Germany	2–0	Brazil
Steiner  23' Krüger  90+5'	Report

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 3,751

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)

16:30

Colombia	3–0	Tanzania
Caicedo  3' Muñoz  17' Rodríguez  36' (pen.)	Report

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 3,547

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

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22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)

20:00

Japan	1–2	Spain
Tanikawa  66'	Report	López  87', 90+3'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 6,432

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Semi-finals

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

16:30

Nigeria	0–0	Colombia
	Report
Penalties
Offiong Etim Usani Afolabi Edafe Oyinlola Folorunsho	5–6	Rodríguez Perlaza Muñoz Espitaleta Caicedo Ortegón Hernández

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 3,576

Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

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26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

20:00

Germany	0–1	Spain
	Report	Corrales  90'

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 10,264

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Third place match

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)

16:30

Nigeria	3–3	Germany
Ajakaye  20' Bello  48' Etim  63'	Report	Veit  73' Bartz  85' Bender  90'
Penalties
Sunday Etim Ajakaye Adeshina	3–2	Veit Platner Bender Janzen Bartz

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 4,722

Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Final

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)

20:00

Colombia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Guzmán  82' (o.g.)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 24,824

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

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